Lionel William John Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart (18 November 1794 – 23 September 1878),
known as Lionel Manners until 1821, as Lionel Tollemache between 1821 and 1833, and styled Lord Huntingtower between 1833 and 1840, was a British peer and
Tory
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politician.
Background
Dysart was the son of
William Manners (later William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower) and poet
Catherine Rebecca Gray, daughter of Francis Gray. In 1821, when his grandmother
Louisa Tollemache became 7th
Countess of Dysart
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Creation
The title was created in 1643 for William Murray, ...
, he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Tollemache in lieu of Manners. Upon his father's death in 1833, he succeeded as second Baronet of Hanby Hall and as
heir apparent
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to his grandmother, with the
courtesy title
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In some co ...
of Lord Huntingtower.
Political career
Dysart sat as
Member of Parliament
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for
Ilchester
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, alongside his younger brother the Hon.
Felix Tollemache, from 1827 until they were defeated
at the
1830 general election.
In 1836 he was appointed
High Sheriff of Leicestershire
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. In 1841 he succeeded his grandmother in the earldom of Dysart and to her estate at
Ham House
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in Surrey. However, as this was a
Scottish peerage
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it did not entitle him to a seat in the
House of Lords
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.
Family
Lord Dysart married Maria Elizabeth, daughter of Sweeny Toone, in 1819. In 1820 she bore one son,
William Lionel Felix Tollemache. She died in March 1852. Lord Dysart died on 23 September 1878, aged 83, and was succeeded in the earldom by his grandson,
William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart, his son William, styled 'Lord Huntingtower', having predeceased him.
[ (Citing ]Burke's Peerage
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)
With Esther Cox, Lord Dysart had a natural son Alfred Cox (born 28 March 1818), who changed his name to Alfred Manners in 1850.
References
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1794 births
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Earls of Dysart
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1826–1830
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High Sheriffs of Leicestershire
Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl Dysart